Global Insider: India’s Competitive Political Climate Constrains Support for IDPs

The EditorsMonday, Feb. 10, 2014

Last month, the New York Times documented the conditions of India’s relief camps for internally displaced people, some of which appear to be becoming permanent settlements. In an email interview, Sanjib Baruah, a professor of political studies at Bard College, explained the causes of and responses to internal displacement in India.

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